U-552 Trumpeter 1/48 static

[bianco64squalo]

Work in progress....

[bianco64squalo]

Hi everybody,
I'm still working on my U552, but the work is slow, because of the Trumpeter's model inaccuracy....
I had to build by scratch, or modify, some bulwarks and part of pressure hull in aft section, not present in model....
Also modified the floor of stern torpedo tube, flat in the model but curved in reality...
Cheers

[trout]

Holy smokes Batman! That looks amazing!

[bianco64squalo]

Not yet finished....

[bianco64squalo]

The work on air compressed electric motor continues....not yet completed, but it starts to take shape...

[bianco64squalo]

Work in progress....
Cheers

[bianco64squalo]

Waiting for some help, I continue the work of superdetailing of various items, without a building order.
The piston of the aft torpedo tube ( in the posted photo the cap provided by the kit and my one );the doubling of support electric motors ribs with 1 mm. plasticard.
In a short time I'll made by scratch the auxiliary engine for compressed air, totally wrong in kit ( see posted photos: the kit's one and the real thing ) and the aft bulkead trim tank ( see posted photos: the kit's one and the real thing )...
I hope in some drawings of aft stern structure outside the pressure hull, temporarily suspended....
Cheers

[bianco64squalo]

Works on propellers, in Trumpeter's model inexplicably enriched with strange engravings....
Also created the aft pressure hull cap, from 4 disks of thick styrene...
Cheers....

[trout]

Really like the details in the shaft support! Excellent work.

[bianco64squalo]

Working on stern section of hull....
Cheers

[bianco64squalo]

Made by scratch the upper fairing outside the torpedo muzzle door, incredibly absent in the model ( I utilized a spare part from the same Trumpeter kit ).
About the drainage holes next to the same fairing, I decided to cut out the plastic and remake them from plasticard....
Cheers

[bianco64squalo]

Started the work on aft transparent part of the hull....

[bianco64squalo]

Adding rivets to forward hydroplanes guard....
Cheers

[bianco64squalo]

I'd like to finish the superdetailing of the hull before start a serious work on the interiors.....
Stay tuned....

[bianco64squalo]

Some details of diesel engine room elements: work in progress, not yet finished....
Cheers....